Is it possible to run an export showing students who have not logged into their courses during the past few weeks?

[rpsimon]

I know that there is a way that as a teacher and as an admin, I can check an individual student's last login date and time as well as method.  Is there a way that I can run an export for a report as an admin with data showing which students have not logged in during the past few weeks?

[dbrace · Accepted solution]

Hi @rpsimon,

Without using either Canvas Data 2, other (paid-for) Instructure analytics, or custom-developed reports, I believe your best/only options are:

• the "User Course Access Log" report
  • How do I view reports for an account? - Instructure Community - 109
  • Canvas Default Account Reports - Instructure Community - 387054
• playing around with options/filters available in the "Analytics Hub" / "Admin Analytics (How do I use Analytics Hub to access all my Instructure data from one place? - Instructure Community...)

If your institution has updated their attendance policy so that they have to submit "something" into Canvas more often, you could also use the "Students with no submissions" report.

-Doug

[dbrace · Accepted solution]

Hi @rpsimon,

Without using either Canvas Data 2, other (paid-for) Instructure analytics, or custom-developed reports, I believe your best/only options are:

• the "User Course Access Log" report
  • How do I view reports for an account? - Instructure Community - 109
  • Canvas Default Account Reports - Instructure Community - 387054
• playing around with options/filters available in the "Analytics Hub" / "Admin Analytics (How do I use Analytics Hub to access all my Instructure data from one place? - Instructure Community...)

If your institution has updated their attendance policy so that they have to submit "something" into Canvas more often, you could also use the "Students with no submissions" report.

-Doug

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @rpsimon,

@dbrace definitely provided you with a couple different options.  There may be a few other useful admin reports (the Zero Activity comes to mind if you're looking to find students who have never visited a course from day one), but it's hard to make a solid recommendation without knowing more about your needs...

You mention "logged in to their courses", which is actually a combination of things...  A user logs in to their account, but that doesn't necessarily mean they visited any particular course (and sometimes users rarely need to log in again, especially with the mobile apps).  Course access may me more of what you're after, or even perhaps participation (where a student actually submits work).  While these are all related things, they are distinct, so knowing what you need is very important.

Please let us know any additional details you can so it's easier to determine if one of the already suggested reports fits the bill, or if something different would be needed.

-Chris